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Nov 17, 2012, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by hankster

http://grammarist.com/usage/champing...ng-at-the-bit/
says that the original word was champing, as a bit is metal and therefore not eaten. chomping means to eat noisily, doesn't really apply to bits. but both are being used now.

Haha, hankster!

Well, my horse CHOMPS!!

I'm in fact going riding my horse now, not an eventer/jumper - though she probably could have been, the way she's bred/built, but I'm not into all that - just happy hacking